Howard the Duck

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Howard the Duck

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Howard the Duck

Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.

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  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    I don't care what people say, this film is great and I love it!
  • phubbs1
    May 7, 2009
    phubbs1
    This is cult stuff haha I loved it as a kid and I love it now, its so cool and the lead character is so original. The story is basic but works in a typical cute fantasy way, the effects are pretty cool too and hold up well today, probably down to Mr Lucas' influence. Its actually...( read more) pretty tense here and there with some gross moments which were cut for TV, it made me cower abit when I was young haha Jones transforming into a dark overlord was actually quite scary for kids. Its all based on a comic and as usual the comic is much darker and more risky but this still hits the right note and backs up its comic cousin, its also pretty funny too, almost a spoof. Well worth the viewing.
  • powerofmylove
    April 2, 2009
    powerofmylove
    yet I admit this is a super odd and weird movie growing up it was one of my favorites to watch specially when my cousin Howard came up to visit because we used to call him Howard the duck.
  • sononothing
    March 25, 2009
    sononothing
    From the people that brought you American Graffiti...

    Yes, the same people that brought you American Graffiti brought us Howard the Duck. Howard the Duck, that legendary bomb that caused George Lucas to sell a little company he owned called Pixar (yes THAT Pixar. Could you imagi...( read more)ne his power if he still had it?). Between this, Superman III and IV, The Punisher (Dolph), and Captain America comic book adaptations were set back ten years.

    Basic plot: Duck is sucked from his planet to Earth, meets Beverly (Lea Thompson), who leads Howard to a lab assistant (Oscar winner Tim Robbins- I bet he wished this never had a DVD release), who leads Howard to a real scientist (Jeffrey Jones) who ends up sucking a dark overlord who wants to take over the world. Yowza. Even the cop from CSI is in this. Not William Petersen.

    Now I've seen worse movies.Not many, but I have seen worse. It's hard to attack plot holes, overacting, and such when you're dealing with a talking duck. It's a nice '80's time capsule, mainly for Lea Thompson's hair and the Thomas Dolby soundtrack. Holy shit, John Barry did the score for this! I thought it sounded like a recycled A View To A Kill soundtrack. No wonder.

    Yeah, we can all bash Howard the Duck (and future generations will). It has to be done. When a monumental dud is released we all have to look at why. Of course with Howard the Duck we already have our answer to that now don't we.
  • hypathio7
    January 12, 2009
    hypathio7
    Bad jokes, bad dialog. A cute duck character from a comic book. This might be mistaken for a kids movie, but it's not intended for children. I got the definite feeling that it wasn't written or edited that well because it hit all the cliches you'd expect of an action romance f...( read more)eaturing a creature from another world. In fact it was trying to cram too many into a short time without showing real motivation that would lead to each occurrence. The movie was effects heavy, but just because the effects (especially all the lasers) were done by Lucas' ILM doesn't mean they were top notch. A lower budget makes a difference. Jeffrey Jones, I would say, gives the best performance, but how do you know how much of the performance was really him or effects. Lea Thompson, just after her role in Back to the Future, is easy on the eyes in all her mini skirts. Tim Robbins is nerdy and spastic, but it's a little over done.
  • filmguy450
    November 26, 2009
    filmguy450
    To my surprise, it wasn't a totally disaster, in that a few of the jokes (the intentional ones that is) worked, and everything was appropriately daffy. Tim Robbins, in a small role had great zest and was so crazy it was funny, correctly attacking the material as a bizarre farce. ...( read more)Now, the bad. The special effects (minus a creature near the end) are a mess, and Howard looks like he was assembled at a flea market. Lea Thompson added weight to every line, so anything out of her mouth was the most dire thing ever, making it laughable. Jeffery Jones' voice during the transformation scenes is horrendous, and tonally, the movie is all over the place, never getting a rhythm. However, I have seen far worse things, and I had fun watching it, despite (or perhaps because of) the failures. MST this thing until the cows come home!
  • Ladiva4
    November 19, 2009
    Ladiva4
    one of my childhood faves
  • youmakemefeelwow2
    November 4, 2009
    youmakemefeelwow2
    graat!!movey i would see it over again!!
  • arcaneenslaver
    October 26, 2009
    arcaneenslaver
    JAJAJA muy divertida pelicula.... un pato extraterrestre?? jajaja la escena con la chica se lo lleva todo¡¡¡, es buenisima. La vi de niño y aun hoy me sigue gustando bastante.
  • jarbee2009
    September 28, 2009
    jarbee2009
    Classic Cheese a must watch once in your lifetime
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